The spring lingcod bite remains HOT! Good quality fish and lots of action. Been consistently bringing home limits of nice lingcod and good grade rockfish when we can get out. Fish have been biting herring, jigs, live kelpies, everything. Lots of fun for adults and kids alike. Get out here while its hot!

Left the dock shortly after first light on an outgoing current. It was a little bumpy going over the bar but once clear of the ebb slop the ocean was beautiful! Turned into a spectacular spring day off the oregon coast. We had steady action on good grade rockfish from the beginning of the first drift. The lingcod bite is excellent too. Limits of lingcod and rockfish for the boat and back to the dock well befofe lunch. We got lingcod on flukes, gribs, herring, shrimpflies…whatever we threw at them, they ate it today! Great crew work, good storytelling and an excellent vibe all around! What a day on the ocean

This is one of our favorite times of the year to fish our nearshore lingcod fishery and today didn’t disappoint! We left the harbor shortly after sunrise with a brisk easterly breeze and bone chilling 37 degree temp. The breeze made it feel like mid 20s; fortunately the cabin was warm and spirits high. We passed a couple commercial crab boats in the channel on the way out and headed towards the fishing grounds. The first drift was a little faster than i like due to the breeze but we quickly hooked into a couple lingcod and rockfish. Hy the second drift the wind had backed off a bit and the temp was warming up as the sun rose in the sky. No swell whatsoever and shaping uo to be a beautiful day. Action was consistent on the ensuing drifts and everyone was having a good time talking story and reeling in fish. The crew work was outstanding with everyone working together and enjoying the day. We fijished the day with limits of lingcod and rockfish. We also released a bunch of legal sized lingcod once we had already reached our limit and were working on our finishing our rockfish bag. Such a special winter day with a flat ocean and excellent fishing with fun crew!

While incant say that halibut has been lights out fishing, weve been able to score some quality fish. In order to do this we’ve definitely had to sort through many small ones. We try to only keep better grade fish unless we’ve injured the fish while bringing it to the boat. Id rather send people home with one excellent quality fish rather than two little dinky ones! One 40” fish will yield as much and possibly more meat than two 30” fish combined when it comes to halibut. I want your bag of filets to be nice and full when youre heading home! Nothing like fresh pacific halibut for tablefare!

This seasons lingcod fishing remains outstanding! We have either gotten ljmits of ljngcod or been very close to likits with lots of excellent grade fish. We are also catching excellent grade rockfish and usually getting limits for the boat of rockfish as well. Pics are from last couple trips out.

Lingcod fishing has been incredible lately out of Newport, OR. Some days have been hard to catch rockfish because the lingcod are so thick!! We’ve had days whwre weve release a dozen keeper lingcod while trying to finish off our rockfish bag. There have been lots of “hitchhiker” lingcod trying to eat hooked fish. We tell people to reel up nice and slowly and give the really big lingcod a chance to attack the fish that are hooked. Dont miss out on this opportunity to put some quality fish on your dinner table or in your freezer.